Where does “celibacy” come from?

Celibacy derives from Latin caelibatus, from Latin caelibare, from Latin caelebs meaning unmarried.

celibacy (English): Abstaining from marriage; the state of being...

Definitions

  1. Abstaining from marriage; the state of being...

Ancestry of “celibacy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latincaelibātuscelibacy, the celibate
2Latin-ātused
3Proto-Italic-ātos—
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂tosForms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality

Words derived from “celibacy”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂tos →Every word from Latin -ātus →Every word from Latin caelibātus →